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Springfield School Committee Looks To Continue Academic Progress

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      The elected board that oversees the second-largest public school system in Massachusetts held its first meeting of the year Tuesday.

      Mayor Domenic Sarno, who chairs the Springfield School Committee, said the board will continue to encourage the classroom progress that has seen student test scores climb at faster rates than the state’s average. 

      " This is a very cohesive school committee, said Sarno. " We are going to continue to go in that direction."

           Sarno said he expects the committee will approve plans for state-financed repairs and upgrades to some of the city’s aging school buildings.   Also, he hopes to complete negotiations on a new contract with the 2,600-member teacher’s union.

      Peter Murphy was chosen to serve as vice-chairman of the school committee for a two-year term.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.